THOUSANDS of Victorian parents are pulling their children out of schools to educate them at home.
About 10,000 children are being educated this way - and the number is growing fast.

The parents fear their children will be bullied, under-achieve or become bored at traditional schools.

Some children receive strict text book tutelage from their parents, while others are left to learn alone without curriculum and structure.

Critics believe home education lacks the sense of community and the schoolyard’s rough-and-tumble that could teach resilience.

In-house learning: Elsie, 8, Jemimah, 10, Hannah, 14, and Simone, 12, pay strict attention to their teacher, mum Lyn Beattie. The children are part of a home-schooling trend.

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